Laura Sockol

Laura Sockol is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Davidson College. She specializes in perinatal mental health, focusing on risk factors and treatments for depression and anxiety during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Her clinical expertise includes cognitive-behavioral therapy for mood and anxiety disorders related to reproductive transitions such as pregnancy, PMDD, and menopause.

• Education: Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania; A.B. from Bryn Mawr College
• Teaches: Abnormal Psychology, Research Methods in Clinical Psychology, Senior Capstone Seminar

Her research explores perinatal psychopathology, and she has received recognition for her work, including the Steiner Young Investigator Award and the Early Career Investigator Award from the Women's Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.